Car-replacer.



R. E. ALEXANDER.

UAR REPLAGER.

urmpumn FILED KW. 22. 1912.

1 1 1 4:,7 1 1 Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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Al/orncy R. E. ALEXANDER.

GAR REPLAGER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1912 Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEErc ROBERT E. ALEXANDER, or ENDICOT'I, nEw YORK, ASSIGNOR. or FORTY-NINE oN HUNDREDTI-IS TO FRANK n. WALDRON, or BINGHAIVLTON, NEW YORK.

CAB-REPLAOER.

Specification of Letters liatent.

Patented 0a. 20, 1914..

Application filed November 22, 1912. Serial No. 732,977.

forms substantially a bridge from the road bed to the tread of the rail over which the wheel is carried to its proper position.

The object of this invention is to provide a set of replacers, preferably two innumber, each of which has two working faces, and the one replacer is an exact duplicate of the other with the exception that the working surfaces are reversed to operate on the opposite side of the rail, making the two replacers virtually right and left. 7

A further objectis in the provision of a device of this character which is portable and which forms an eii'e'ctual bridging from the road bed to the rail tread, guiding the wheel onto the tread and depositing it there without causing undue strain on the flange of the wheel or permitting it to drop onto the tread of the rail, thereby injuring either the rail or wheel tread or chipping the flange. a

This invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure l is a top plan view of thetwo members placed side by side; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the two'members; Fig. 3 is a view showing one of the two members in side elevation; Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation from the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through one of the replacers on the line 5'5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the replacers in position on the two rails; Fig. 7 is a perspective view disclosing the manner in which a set of replacers may be used'to move the wheel entirely over a rail.

In practice it is preferable that the two members A and B of the set of replacers be pressed from spring sheet steel and tempered so that the desired strength will be obtained and yet thedevice be sufficiently light the wheel is to be readily carried from one place to another. These parts are pressed to the shape in cross section shown in Fig. 5, and in top plan, when the parts of the replacer' are in the relation shown in Figs. 1 and 6, would be arranged so "that the tread of the member A will carry the wheel of that side across the rail and discharge itonto the tread with its flange on the inside of the rail, whereas the tread on the member B carries the wheel onto the rail tread and the wheel is prevented from traveling over the rail by the flange of the wheel. I

The member A has on its upper side extending longitudinally substantially in the center thereof, a treadvl and at one edge a flangeQ is positioned to engage with the flange of the wheel and is separated from the tread by a groove 3 in which the wheel flange travels; It is intended that the 1nember A as shown in Figs. 1 and 6 shall be used to carry a wheel from the outside of the rail onto thev rail tread so that the flange will be on the inner side. For this reason the tread extends slightly beyond the re- ,placer proper at 4. so that the flange of the wheel will be entirely over the rail before tread.

As a means of holding the replacer on the rail, a hook 5 is provided on the under side of the extension 4 of the tread. This hook is made of suflicient extent to pass down over and engage beneath thetread flange on the rail, and the replacer is curved, as shown in Figs. 2 and-3, 111 such a manner that the tread, guardflange and groove extend upwardly from the road bed on a gradual, incline. Itisintended that the opposite end of the replacer be placed on one'of the ties permitted to pass onto the rail in the road bed, and as a means-of holding it against endwise movement'when the wheel is moved upon it, a spur 6 is provided on the underside which sinks into the tie as the weight of the load carried by the wheel is transferred thereto.

The member B is of substantially the same form in top plan with the exception that the. guide flange 2 occupies the-position of the tread 5 of the member A and the tread 1 of the member B is positioned on the edge of the replacer with the groove 3f between the two. Thismeniber has a hook 5 and a spur I 6 which aresubstantially the same as those of the member A, the hook 5, however, be-

ing positioned to hold the replacer on the inside of the rail.

With the replacers as described, a car may be replaced when it is 0'5 onto the left side of the track as shown in Fig. 6, but if the car is off of the track on the right side, the replacer as described cannot be used, and for this purpose I .have provided on the lower side of the replacer, as better disclosed in Fig. 2, a second working surface. The second working surface of the member A has its tread 1 positioned along the edge in much the same manner as the tread 1 of the member B and a guide flange 2 and groove 3 occupy substantially the same relative position as the corresponding parts of the member B shown in Fig. 1.

A hook 5 and a spur 6 are provided for holding the replacer on the rail and tie respectively. The member B, as shown in Fig. 2, has the parts 1 2 and 8 spaced in the same relative position as the, parts 1, 2 and 3 on the member A as shown in Fig. 1, and the hook 5 and spur 6 are provided to hold it in operative position. It is preferable that hand holes 7 be provided through the web 8 which connects the two working surfaces as a means of more readily handling the replacer.

The operation of the device is clearly shown in Fig. 6 and it will be understood that if the car is off of the track on the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 6, the lower working surfaces of the replacers, as better shown in Fig. 2, would be brought into operative position.

With the device which I have described a car may be as readily displaced as replaced if the occasion should require, or a set of replacers may be positioned as disclosed in Fig. 7 and a car moved from one side of a rail to the other.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a car replacer consisting of a set, preferably two in number, which may be used to displace or replace the car on either side of the rails and also carry the car entirely over the rails.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is p 1. A reversible car replacer having a tread,

guide-flange and intermediate groove on each face thereof, the guide-flange on one face and the tread on the other forming a strengthening rib approximately in the center of the replacer.

v 2. A reversible car replacer having a tread, guide-flange and intermediate groove on each face thereof, the guide-flange on one side and the tread on the other forming a strengthening rib approximately in the center of the replacer, the central rib thus forming being thicker throughout the center where the greatest strain or weight is applied, and diminishing toward the opposite ends of the replacer.

3. A reversible car replacer having a tread, guide-flange and groove on each face, and the opposite sides of the replacer concave, one concavity being adjacent to the guidefiange and the other to the tread, said concavities being provided to receive the rail to afford lateral bearing of the replacer thereagainst.

t. A reversible car replacer having a tread, guide-flange and groove on each face, and the opposite sides of the replacer concave, one concavity being adjacent to the guideflange and the other to the tread, said concavities being provided to receive the rail to afford lateral bearing of the replacer thereagainst, and a hook at each end of the replacer to embrace the opposite side of the rail-tread.

5. A reversible car replacer, the opposite faces of which are longitudinally convex from end to end and comprise a tread, guideflange and groove, recessed or concaved on opposite sides to receive and bear laterally against the rail upon which the car is to be replaced, the concavity of the sides serving to receive the rail and the convexity of the upper and lower faces to bridge over the railtread on the one side while affording a larger and more extended bearing upon the road bed of the other side.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, 1n the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT E. ALEXANDER.

Witnesses:

FRANK It. WALDRON, FRANK M. HAYS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, .D. C. 

